| Although some people think airplane simulator | | | | learn a new type of plane or one which they are |
| software is just a game, it has actually been used for | | | | unfamiliar with. The great thing about flight simulator |
| professional flight training for quite some time. Along | | | | software is that is creates a virtual world that a flight |
| with a good flight training manual, the software can be | | | | training manual just can't do. While manuals and |
| used to train students and professionals alike. Since the | | | | instructional information is necessary, it just doesn't |
| functions of flight simulator software are so similar to | | | | create the kind of three-dimensional world containing |
| the real thing, they provide excellent training to prepare | | | | various models of airplanes, destinations and weather |
| pilots for controls and conditions before they have to | | | | conditions. Pilots and students can learn how to move |
| face them in the skies. It used to be that the only way | | | | in the new type of airplane, change the altitude, control |
| to teach a pilot to fly, say, a Boeing 747 was to give | | | | the engines, initiate landing and fly gears, select wings |
| them books and hope they are ready once they get in | | | | and so much more. They are basically learning how to |
| the cockpit with an instructor. With flight simulator | | | | fly a specific type of plane before they actually do it. |
| software, pilots will know what it is like to fly a specific | | | | Flight simulators can provide more Boeing 747 |
| type of plane before they actually do it, so they are | | | | information, or information on virtually any kind of plane, |
| always able to learn and move to the next step in their | | | | than you might imagine. Along with manuals and |
| training much more safely. Not only is this effective for | | | | instruction, this is the best way to learn to fly a specific |
| students, but also for seasoned pilots who want to | | | | type of plane. |